Guwahati News Desk: The city of Tezpur in the Northeast Indian state of Assam receives the title of “Cleanest City” on Saturday.
The title was conferred to the city by President of India Ram Nath Kovind himself.
In addition, the President conferred the cleanest cities of India at the ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’ hosted as part of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that this year’s Swachh Survekshan Awards have special significance because we are celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
Quoting Mahatma Gandhi’s lines, “cleanliness is next to godliness”, the President said that Gandhiji’s priority was cleanliness and asserted that the Government of India has continued to carry the same ideology forward as a mass movement through Swachh Bharat Mission.
He also stated that our efforts to make the country completely neat and clean are a true tribute to our freedom fighters.
Moreover, it was on October 1 (2021), when the Prime Minister launched the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban 2.0’ with the goal of making all cities ‘waste-free’ by 2026.
Furthermore, under the “Northeast Zone” category, some of the other northeastern cities have further bagged the titles of ‘Best City in Citizens Feedback’, ‘Best City in Innovation & Best Practices’, ‘Best Self-Sustainable City’, ‘Fastest Mover City’.
